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Omicron won’t be the last variant, and comprehensive strategies are still needed to reduce severe disease, deaths and transmission, according to Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s technical lead officer on Covid. She said at a briefing on Tues that countries shouldn’t abandon well-established, life-saving interventions, such as social distancing, mask-wearing, good ventilation and avoiding crowds.

COVID-19 wastewater monitoring project expanding as Alberta universities team up to test in more communities. Wastewater allows researchers to see localized trends of COVID-19 cases, even if people are asymptomatic.

Researchers say the discovery could lead to the creation of a vaccine for all coronaviruses, which would not only protect against COVID and its variants, but also against coronaviruses that cause common colds and new emerging animal coronaviruses.

The novel coronavirus pandemic is the perfect model for understanding what exactly a pandemic is and how it impacts life on a global scale. Since the emergence of COVID-19 in 2020, the public has been bombarded with new language to understand the virus and the subsequent global public health response. This article will uncover the

The early warning system issued a daily internal report but not a more significant alert about the emergence of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, on December 31, 2019. Canada's pandemic warning system was understaffed and unready when COVID hit.

Calgary woman has breathlessness, voice problems, sleep troubles, extreme fatigue 7 months after diagnosis. Leah Noster's life has changed dramatically since her COVID-19 diagnosis in December, and she's not sure she'll ever be the same. "It's been a terrible, terrible journey," she said.

But the COVID-19 pandemic differs from other mass trauma events in ways that make it especially toxic: large geographic scope, unpredictable in nature, and the sudden wide

Q: Are coronavirus long-haulers contagious?

A: It’s not very likely, but it’s a sticky question to answer. Typically after having an active infection like COVID-19, the contagiousness goes away after a week or so and you start

Vaccines spark hope for an end to the pandemic, but ongoing public health measures AND programs to tackle the mental health impacts of COVID-19 will be needed...

In particular, positive fecal signals persisted for 49 days in patient "I" after symptom onset and for 33 days in patient "G" after viral tests in oropharyngeal swabs became negative...

Australia’s national science agency discovered that SARS-Cov-2, the virus responsible for COVID19, can survive up to 28 days...

The CEO of Owl Labs shares his longtime tips for managing a remote and in-office team. Looking back on 2020, a diverse number of